Fifth leopard captured on Tirumala walkway
Tirupati district forest officer (DFO) A.Srinivasulu said the two-year-old sub-adult, a female, has been shifted to the Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park (Tirupati Zoo) for quarantine. Image used for representational purpose only. TIRUPATI: The Andhra Pradesh Forest Department has captured another leopard, the fifth, in Tirumala, an official said on Thursday. The leopard entered the trap at around 12.30 am and its capture was confirmed at 5.30 am on Thursday, said the official. “We captured it between the seventh mile to Tirumala and Narasimha Swamy temple at the border which separates the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) and the forest,” Tirupati district forest officer (DFO) A.Srinivasulu told PTI. Srinivasulu said the two-year-old sub-adult, a female, has been shifted to the Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park (Tirupati Zoo) for quarantine. It will be subjected to tests and on confirmation that no traces of human flesh were found in it, the big cat will be released in a faraw...